From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27932C4332F for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:40:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230146AbjJaSk4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:40:56 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:56080 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231676AbjJaSk4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:40:56 -0400 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42E67B4 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:40:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BBC33C433C9; Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:40:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1698777653; bh=V+tPJ5+9if9xaWKR2DcAp9VCXEV6dglY1o4dfX78RdY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=GpSSm5kW+YDYuqbKxmlvx/0XLACBU1AhWijh+NVsKsoSbDCYkoJJNaaiOOlklWYCB 7fXq938l7mf/DBmJXMeafqAEtqXHAR5a+dLsiMAt9uj4fiPwVJJjnKz2S57MVmsmpX Qbl8UClbkPldW7vUDDaZtLMOcu0dkJ83Ep5R9CsfRIoZUjcgaLqkxI8c7cHr+11FBa 1GF91NFfp1zF1ok/h6V6Qdu0Ffilr7m3PUeMPPPdBs8dz4k2V1ZtUDoni8ezh2DJNW QbFFXVGFHcv8qSv8i3MQF9czamnAkwdHL3PcABuMt/4YwsVXQ3Qs1GUXUqLl5LAB2l qV24VKlD5/MfA== Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:40:50 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: enh Cc: Stefan Puiu , Bruno Haible , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, GNU C Library Subject: Re: [PATCH] prctl.2: Fix typo Message-ID: References: <4678853.9Mp67QZiUf@nimes> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="hBnhJgtZG3OH+Ee1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org --hBnhJgtZG3OH+Ee1 Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:40:50 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: enh Cc: Stefan Puiu , Bruno Haible , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, GNU C Library Subject: Re: [PATCH] prctl.2: Fix typo Hi Elliott, On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 09:19:56AM -0700, enh wrote: > > I think a consistent use of operation instead of option would improve > > things. We just need to make sure it's consistent. >=20 > i certainly like that idea philosophically --- i actually tried to use > the minimal number of different words when naming arguments in > bionic's headers, to minimize the number of words folks who don't > speak english would need to learn. >=20 > looking at man7, i note that ioctl() and ptrace() have "request". > fcntl() has "command". flock() has "operation". Hmm, interesting. I think operation would be the most accurate one. What do you think? Should we uniformize by using operation in all three? Cheers, Alex --=20 --hBnhJgtZG3OH+Ee1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEE6jqH8KTroDDkXfJAnowa+77/2zIFAmVBSjIACgkQnowa+77/ 2zLpng/5AUVCUL70rfAdEWLi7zmXpKPmB5LNaL43AEUecNZQ+PWzpOtK48wjXVlG zQmwIjqNpcYIPN5CelfwaC8HF2upBGO8Uk/Utn8vddUkxHvdYLbaztUKfEmNcRI3 vOjY/WgsCO4FLDwo2SznlsUBtbAk+DitKk52a8mmvQ2jU2aNFJL84POB8l6tT9TG moeo3XEcxKCEyXedyjBDenbN2aOu5gbp3x+u7izmRugp7IWFsTwzihVp2aDvfDbo gwHqeWD0goUp89Y+Th95ddbjjNI1xNom8BTuBRKrvWmk/+nkLYbXy0mby4GQFUMI Vw+VsVrL/xJBSiAigZSQaOwBTmnELTqTChIdX1jq2pG47Rjc6M8i63BFamvXeZsB rHY84LqWbdvWOMSAjWnIyz8p02q3LxNe9Ah1DO5qnn5P/sYYegd4jw8WpRH5ZR+D 1ATwERuTWCXR4de8vUU7nGlhFNmCfhOvB6P9/68/muk08WXoFiJrRzGh0Z/9gUIz e+jOZDbs5DpUMFi5zwCP6ScHZ4XICyFqPWeR1dwSeDtUB6rIDqHU8U4FDWK+K7NU Bav6rwmy202o1lcW71E3Z3LqDg7eqyWmLcf6wcnc97h3kN4T45w9ZGM9K2Yy2stn +U/5f3hs5USexrDocn0zWbeVMi/9uJryUskYS34Joaq5bWEwBrQ= =WK5l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hBnhJgtZG3OH+Ee1--